Database Administrator

About the CompanyWe are Zetes, a global leader in Solution Integration specialising in Supply Chain Optimisation and Identity Solutions. Our Goods ID Division helps companies achieve agility, visibility and traceability across their connected supply chain. Our People ID Division helps Governments to improve their services to the population in the areas of Legal Identity, Mobile ID and Border Control. Our solutions aim to improve governance, public policy, and people’s lives through efficient Identity management (physical and digital) and to secure the traveller’s journey every step of the way. Founded in 1984, Zetes is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium and has more than 1,300 employees in 22 countries across EMEA.Follow us on LinkedIn and visit our website www.zetes.comAbout the RoleOur People ID Division helps Governments to improve their services to the population in the areas of Legal Identity, Mobile ID and Border Control. Our solutions aim to improve governance, public policy, and people’s lives through efficient Identity management (physical and digital) and to secure the traveller’s journey every step of the way. As a DBA specifically you provide a critical contribution to all installations and services provided by the company. You keep up-to-date, on the top of your field in an ever changing, always improving area of data repositories. You are working together with your colleague DBA, operations and infrastructure IT team to manage and maintain our Oracle database environment. In our solutions and services, we are not limited to using Oracle only, we also have in use Maria DB clusters (Galera) and Postgres. For some instances we also experiment with NoSQL repos like CouchDB.ResponsibilitiesInstall, configure, and manage databases & other flavoursDesign and implement database solutionsProvide support to users (e.g. developers/devops/IT/OPS using the DB)Perform database backups and restoresMonitor database performanceTune the database’s performance when neededEnsure database security, proper access rights, encrypt dataTroubleshoot all kinds of database problemsStay up-to-date on database technologiesParticipate in business growth and innovation for the futureQualificationsMaster-level (or equivalent by experience)+5 years of experience as an Database AdministratorRequired SkillsExpertise with one of the following database technologies : Oracle, Postgres, MariaDB, SQL ServerData modeling and database designDatabase schema creation and managementBackup and recoveryEnsuring data integrityPerformance tuningSecurityDisaster recoveryProficient in SQL and PL/SQLExperience with DB clustering technologies is a definite plusExcellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skillsExcellent communication and interpersonal skillsWillingness to learn on other technologies such as Maria DB clusters and PostgresAuto-didact (while we do invest in your growth, and applaud you for following courses, we see that being an auto-didact as part of your nature, is an indispensable asset)Required SkillsExpertise with one of those database technologies : Oracle, Postgres, MariaDB, SQL ServerData modeling and database designDatabase schema creation and managementBackup and recoveryEnsuring data integrityPerformance tuningSecurityDisaster recoveryProficient in SQL and PL/SQLExperience with DB clusteringExcellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skillsExcellent communication and interpersonal skillsWillingness to learn on other technologies such as : Oracle, Postgres, MariaDB, SQL ServerAuto-didact (while we do invest in your growth, and applaud you for following courses, we see that being an auto-didact as part of your nature, is an indispensable asset)Preferred SkillsExperience with Oracle ASM, Clusterware & RACExperience with MariaDB Galera & MaxcaleExperience with Postgres and/or SQL Server in High AvailabilityExperience with Zabbix & Grafana monitoring